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Hi,
I'm building an application in .NET 8 and I can't find the option to set the exe file description, the one displayed in Task Manager as the application name. I was able to do it in .NET Framework, but now it just displays the exe file name (assembly name).
I can't even find the option in the .csproj file.
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The assembly info is specified in the project file. See:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/assembly/set-attributes-project-file
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That's like saying "RTFM"
It does not accept a more precise answer from me, so one sadly have to look at the solution in the DeveloperCommunity yourself https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Cannot-set-assembly-title-AssemblyTitle/10445147?sort=active&topics=windows+10.0.18875
TLDR: "AssemblyTitle"-Tag in XML
This looks be a bug in VS (see discussion)
TLDR:
Add an additional XML tag into the project file (which has the irritating name 'title'):
<AssemblyTitle>Your description</AssemblyTitle>
This is discussed in DeveloperCommunity too:
The solution there is to add an "AssemblyTitle" XML-Tag into the project file
It does not accept a more precise answer from me, so one sadly have to look at the solution in the DeveloperCommunity yourself https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Cannot-set-assembly-title-AssemblyTitle/10445147?sort=active&topics=windows+10.0.18875
TLDR: "AssemblyTitle"-Tag in XML
It does not accept a more precise answer from me, so one sadly have to look at the solution in the DeveloperCommunity yourself https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Cannot-set-assembly-title-AssemblyTitle/10445147?sort=active&topics=windows+10.0.18875
TLDR: "AssemblyTitle"-Tag in XML